Is いつもの an adjective or the object in the following sentence? Context: Character A, a middle-aged man, suddenly enters the room where Riku, a child, is. > Character A: > > Riku: Then, in the next balloon (it's a manga), Riku explains what he was doing. What is in the sentence above? Is it an adjective? If so would the translation be "oh, the usual man/the man that always comes here"? Or is it the object of the implicit sentence "(I'm doing) the usual, old man"? I would say it is an adjective, because if it was the object it would be **** ", right? Thank you for your help!

Yes this simply means "the man who always comes here".

//etc is a common way to refer to _that_ person you often see or talk about ("you-know-who"). is similar.

In reality, it's unusual to directly address a person with , and this smells a bit like to me. is an jargon term that refers to unnatural lines in fiction (often long one) which only serve as a description _for the readers_. (Here are typical in a battle scene; he talks to himself to explain to the readers)